Streaming Film: How to Serve Our Users Cheryl Cross, Christine Fischer, Cathy Rothermel 14 March 2014

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro  Public university, established 1891  14,000 undergraduates  3,000 graduate students  77 master’s programs; 28 doctoral programs  Carnegie Foundation classification Research University with High Research Activity

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Student Experience with Streaming Online streaming – Netflix, Amazon Prime Easy access – 24/7 availability Increased use of electronic devices for viewing

Working with Faculty Using streaming resources already in our collection More online courses More use of flipped classroom model

Working Out The Details Information from faculty Timing and advanced planning Contact Acquisitions Department Order physical DVD Acquire streaming rights

Streaming Film Issues  Courses offered online  Rights to foreign feature films  Low response rate from distributors  Prefer to use the whole film, not just segments  Funding  Tracking rights

Some Answers & Decisions  Gather the right people  Contact experts  Pilot an effort to see outcomes  Make policy decisions

Library Policy The library will help facilitate the acquisition of streaming film rights ONLY when the purchase is for perpetual ownership of the streaming film. Any acquisitions of streaming films will be purchased through the department's material budget. In light of restricted budgets, if the streaming film isn't available for permanent ownership then the library will attempt to direct the faculty member toward resources for pricing and purchasing options. Posted on the Streaming Films LibGuide

Distributor streaming details – ordering options

Providing Access to the Video Files

Considerations  Where to host the files  How do the students access the files  Must be compliant with the terms of our agreement with the copyright holder

Youtube  Users can download the video easily and save the file  Even if it is set to ‘unlisted’ users can still share the link  Can be set to ‘private’ but have to pre- define users in a list  Not secure enough to comply with usage terms for copyrighted material

Google Drive  Can limit users to just people at UNCG with the link – (even with the link, have to login)  Have to login to Blackboard to access  Can set to prevent downloading of the file  Meets the requirements of our streaming agreements

Students Access in Blackboard  Consistency - Video is available in the same place as other course content  Security - Protected behind the Blackboard login

Processing the Files  Convert the file from the DVD to a file that can be streamed  Deliver the file to the instructor  Instructor embeds the video in Blackboard

Rip the DVD  Handbrake: Open source video transcoder  VLC Player  And this file: libdvdcss.dll  Creates an MP4 file

Host on Google Drive  Upload MP4 file to Google Drive  Share with setting: ‘People at UNCG who have the link’  Set to ‘Prevent viewers from downloading’  Share file with instructor and transfer ownership

Blackboard Instructor obtains embed code from Google Drive Embeds the file in the Blackboard course as an Item under Web Links

Videos from External Providers We use an in house proxy server to access streaming videos from outside distributers Add as a Web Link in Blackboard with the proxy URL

Links Handbrake: ke/files/ ke/files/ VLC Player: has link to this file: libdvdcss.dll

A related issue…PPR Not required – Watching film in own home (dorm) – Showing a film face-to-face in classroom Public Performance Rights – For groups other than a class – Where public could attend Educational rights – On campus – Offered with many instructional films

Thank you! Cheryl Christine Fischer Cathy